PoliticalChic
Diamond Member
1. Evil, that is.
In fact, in secular society, very few even dare use the term; it's archaic, it's abstruse....it's.....religious.
But it exists.
“The world turns and the world changes,
But one thing does not change.
In all of my years, one thing does not change,
However you disguise it, this thing does not change:
The perpetual struggle of Good and Evil.” T. S. Eliot
2. "In enlightened political conversation, the word 'evil' had been disreputable for a long time-..... The word “evil,” in many minds, |smacks of an atavistic, superstitious, and even medieval simplism, of a fundamentalist mindset that might be inclined to in witches or to reject the teachings of evoluiton in the public schools.
The secular, educated, cosmopolitan instinct...tends to shun the word 'evil' and, as an optimist and creature of the Enlightenment, approaches the world's horrors as individual problems that can be solved...."
Lance Morrow, "Evil: An Investigation,"p.12-13
"Evil has made a successful career over many centuries by persuading people that it does not exist."
3. Did I mention that the fear of being labeled as 'religious' has caused some fearful folks to make some sort of humor out of the term.
"The sixties' rebellion against authority introduced the idea of Satan as rock star..
...Many people do not believe evil exists..... The trouble comes in trying to understand evil. When people become frustrated in their effort to do so, they are inclined to say that because they do not understand evil, it does not exist- a....fallacy based on the thought that what I do not understand cannot be real."
Op.Cit., p. 3-4
But it is here, it does exist....and it plays a mighty role in the course of human activity.
In fact, in secular society, very few even dare use the term; it's archaic, it's abstruse....it's.....religious.
But it exists.
“The world turns and the world changes,
But one thing does not change.
In all of my years, one thing does not change,
However you disguise it, this thing does not change:
The perpetual struggle of Good and Evil.” T. S. Eliot
2. "In enlightened political conversation, the word 'evil' had been disreputable for a long time-..... The word “evil,” in many minds, |smacks of an atavistic, superstitious, and even medieval simplism, of a fundamentalist mindset that might be inclined to in witches or to reject the teachings of evoluiton in the public schools.
The secular, educated, cosmopolitan instinct...tends to shun the word 'evil' and, as an optimist and creature of the Enlightenment, approaches the world's horrors as individual problems that can be solved...."
Lance Morrow, "Evil: An Investigation,"p.12-13
"Evil has made a successful career over many centuries by persuading people that it does not exist."
3. Did I mention that the fear of being labeled as 'religious' has caused some fearful folks to make some sort of humor out of the term.
"The sixties' rebellion against authority introduced the idea of Satan as rock star..
...Many people do not believe evil exists..... The trouble comes in trying to understand evil. When people become frustrated in their effort to do so, they are inclined to say that because they do not understand evil, it does not exist- a....fallacy based on the thought that what I do not understand cannot be real."
Op.Cit., p. 3-4
But it is here, it does exist....and it plays a mighty role in the course of human activity.